ഒരു പ്രതികാരത്തിന്റെ കഥ

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C^p¶p t{bmsKNväpfm]n
fÃXn¨p tdmÀ AXnIn^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Xq_nWp tbm] s`¨pknsW tcm¬
sI]vSn«v Nn«p¶pfnÃ. hf]w Na]m³ H^p kjn]pw CÃm¯SnWmÂ
Mm³ sXu\n hnWnf¡v tbmNm³ So^pfmWn¨p. Nq«nWp tWm¡pt¼mÄ
B^pfnÃ. knbn³ Wm«n tbm]n^n¡p¶p. Asæn Ak³
kt¶s¶.Ct¸mÄ Nps_ inµn¡mÀ AÃmsS B^pfnÃ. ASv sNm*v
Mm³ Hä¡v tbmNm³ Ss¶ So^pfmWn¨p.
GtSm H^p hnWnf¡v N]_n Mm³ hv{NoWn WX¡p¶Sn `]n¨n^p¶p.
CâÀsk B]t¸mÄ Mm³ bp_t¯¡n_§n. sNu*_n Wn¶pw
Nm¸n tfXn¨p Sn^n¨pWX¡pt¼mÄ fp¶n s`¨pknsâ NqsX
tNmtaKn bYn¡p¶ tKymSn]pw fpOb^nI]fpÅ fäv ^*p
sb¬Np«nNapw. Mm³ tKymSn]psX AXpt¯¡v WX¶p.
“”””im]v tKymSn. At¸mÄ tKymSn C¶v Xq_nWp tbm]ntÃ?”
“”””Xqt_m? F´v XqÀ.” tKymSn BÝ^yt¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”””Aà `£vfn b_ªp Cu]mjvI tNmtaKn Wn¶pw Ft´m XqÀ D*v F¶pw
AkÄ ASnWp tbmNp¶p F¶pw b_ªn^p¶p.”
“”””`£vfn H^pbmXv fm_n AÀKp³. bpSn] tdm]v– {c*nsW Nn«n]SnWp
tlgw M§am]n `£vfn¡v k`n] Nq«nÃ.”
“”””bpSn] tdm]v– s{ct*m?”
“”””AsS bp_¯pÅ Bt^m B\v. `£vfns] Nm\pkm³ B]n timhv_`nÂ
b`{bmklyw k¶n«p*v.”
tKymSn b_ªSv tN«t¸mÄ F³s_ irU]w Wn`¨Sv tbms`]m]n. bt£
fq¶fsSm^mapsX km¡v tN«v F³s_ s`¨pknsW Mm³ Aknlzhn¡m³
bmXpt*m. FWns¡m^p So^pfmW¯n F¯m³ bäp¶n`m]n^pWp.
s`¨pknsW tcm¬ sI]vSp tWm¡n, Ct¸mapw b^nVn¡v bp_¯v F¶
Nnansfmjn fm{Sw. ]m{´nNfm]n A¶s¯ Unkhw Mm³ SÅn Wo¡n.
CSnWnX]n`pw b` {bmklyw Mm³ s`¨pknsW tcm\n {lfn¨p
tWmNns]¦n`pw b^nVn¡v bp_¯m\v F¶ f_pbXn fm{Stf `en¨pÅq.
bntä¶v ^mkns` Mm³ tW^w sskNo]m\v Fjpt¶äSv. Fjpt¶äSpw
Mm³ s`¨pknsW tcm¬ sI]vSp. tcm¬ _nwPv sI]p¶p*v bt£ AkÄ
N«v sI]vSp. Mm³ bns¶]pw ss{X sI]vSp sNmt*]n^p¶p. FÃm Nmapw
AkÄ N«v sI]vSp. AkhmWfm]n ss{X sI]vSt¸mÄ tcm¬ hzn¨vZv Hmcv.
Mm³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ km«vhvB¸n s`¨pknsâ sftÊKv.
“”””Mm³ ¢mÊn B\v. ¢mÊv Njnªp ^m{Sn knan¡mw.”
fWÊns` hwl]w fm_msSs]Wn¡v fWÊpOw `en¡nÃ. tNmtaKn A¶v
s{bmKNvän³s_ Ass{bh DÅSv Nm^\w tNmtaKnt`¡v F´m]m`pw tbmN\w.
Mm³ tNmtaKnt`¡v C_§pt¼mÄ knbnWpw k^p¶p. Fs¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv